Grate for oil and gas stoves



May 20,, 1930. T. w|1.cox 1,759,148

GRATE FOR OIL AND GAS STOVES I Filed Feb. 4, 1927 INVIENTOR.

Patented May 20, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENTv OFFICE LEWIS T. WILCOX, OFPEEKSKILL, NEW YORK Application filed February 4, 1927.

(ii-RATE FOR OIL AND GAS STOVES This invention relates to grates for oiland gas stoves. Heretofore, as I am aware, grates for oil and gas stoveshave been constructed ported by the top of the stove.

There are various other manners in which these grates have been made.The type of grate to which my present invention relates is that in whichthere is a peripheral portion adapted to rest upon the upper member of astove and with which there is associated a plurality of arms extendinginwardly and terminating short of the central portion of the grate inorder to provide a clear space for the flame from the burner to impingedirectly upon the under surface of a cooking or other utensil supportedby the grate in order to obviate the loss of any of the heat from theflame as applied to the utensil. The grate made in accordance with mypresent invention is preferably constructed from a plurality of memberseach formed in a similar manner to include a peripheral portion withangles thereto so that when sembled by connecting the arms turned at theparts are asarm members of adjacent sections the peripheral portionsthereof form the rim of the grate, as will be hereinafter moreparticularly described.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a plan of a grate made in accordance with mypresent invention.

the top of a stove, and

Fig. 3 is a perspective view illustrating the formation of one of thesections of which the grate is constructed. By reference to the 'drawlng it will be seen Serial No. 165,767.

that in carrying out the invention the grate made in accordancetherewith is one that comprises a plurality of similarly formedsections. These sections are preferably made of band metal and asillustrated, each section is formed to include a peripheral portion 10and arms 11 and 12 bent at angles thereto. Furthermore, as illustrated,theperipheral portions illustrated are arcuate, that is they are made onarcs of a circle, and the arms 11 and 12 are bent to such positions thatwhen the parts are assembled to form the grate these arms lie in radialpositions. It Will be under-- stood, however, that the'peripheralportions may be made straight or otherwise and the arms formed at theextremities thereof bent at any desired angle so as to lie in predeter-'mined positions when the article is completed. Also as illustrated inthe drawing, the extremities of the arms are preferably tapered, forexample the end of the arm 11 is oppositely tapered or beveled asdesignated atj13- and 14 and the end of the arm 12 is similarly formedas indicated at 15 and 16.

In assembling the sections'which comprise the grate the parts thereofafter being placed and held in position may be united by being welded orbolted or otherwise, having the adjacent sections connected to eachother. As illustrated, the section including the arcuate portion 10 hasan adjacent section whose arcuate portion is indicated at 17. The arm 18of the arcuate portion 17 is connected to the arm,11 of the arcuateportion 10 by being spot Welded thereto as indicated at 19. The nextadjacent section to the section having the arcuate portion 10, but onthe other side thereof, is one wherein the arcuate por tion is indicatedat 20. The arm 21 of this section is connected to the arm 12 of thesection having the arcuate portion 10 by being welded thereto orotherwise, while the arm 22 of the section'having the arcuate portion 20is connected in a similar manner to the arm of the section next adjacentthereto. The grate is built up in this manner so that when completed thearcuate portions of the sections form the rim of the grate and the armsextend in radial positions terminating short of the center of the grateso as to leave an appreciable space in a centrally disposed position inorder not to interfere in any manner with the impingement of the flameagainst the under surface of a cooking or other utensil supported by thegrate, thereby interfering in no manner with the application of the heatfrom the flame to the utensil.

The ends of the radial arms are beveled as indicated to provide a moreor less ornamental appearance to the grate and to make it possible toreverse the position of the grate in use without changing the appearanceof the same in the stove. It will be understood, of course, that thearms may be of any suitable length and that while the arms asillustrated are of difi erent lengths, the short arm of one sectionbeing connected to the longer arm of the nextadj accnt section, the armsof thesections may beformedof any length whatsoever in order to providethe necessary strength in these arms for supporting cooking and otherutensils depending upon the character of the stove in which the gratesare employed. Also as illustrated, the grateis adapted to set within aninturned flange 23 in the top 24:

of a stove, but this ismerelyillustrative of the use of the grate, as itmay be supported in any desired manner on the top of the stove. It will'furthermore be understood that while the grate as illustrated iscircular and formed of six sections, the sections may be so constructedas to form a grate of any desired number of sections and to have a rimof any necessary configuration.

I claim as my invention:

1. A grate adapted to overlie an oilor gas burner comprising a pluralityof sections of band material each section having an arcuate peripheralportion and angular arms of different lengths, the sections beingdisposed with their arms extending inwardly and with the short arms ofeach section engaging the longer arms of the succeeding section, andbeing secured thereto to form a substantially circular grate.

2. A grate adapted to overlie an oil or gas burner comprising aplurality of sections of band material each section constituting asector of a circle having radial arms of- LEXVIS T; WVILCOX.

